Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 10, 2010
Essence: “Radha kunda is very rarely attained even by the most exalted devotees. If you bathe in Radha Kunda, you get the same love that Radharani has for Krsna. It is only by the mercy of our spiritual master that we can come to this holy place where all these transcendental pastimes are going on.”
Category: Themes
One Step Closer to the Goal – Initiation Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 7.14
Where: Vrindavana, India, October 14, 2010
Essence: When a disciple was afraid of not being forgiven by Srila Prabhupada for any offenses he might commit, Srila Prabhupada replied, “If I don’t forgive you, Krsna will forgive you and if Krsna doesn’t forgive you, Radharani will forgive you. So stay with us. There is always hope.”
Father Pierre
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Mumbai, September 19, 2010
Essence: Father Pierre’s note read: “In my 45 years of being a priest here, I have not learnt as much as I have learnt from you in the last week, nor have I enjoyed so much, nor have I become closer to my God as I have with all of you.”
Lecture on the Departure of Aindra Dasa
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 20, 2010
Essence: “For those with a deeper vision, Aindra Prabhu spent most of his life chanting Hare Krsna in Vrindavana, serving his Deities, doing parikrama and his final act of service was to fall down in front of his Gaura-Nitai Deities. I am sure a flower airplane appeared and took him back to the spiritual world. So, we rejoice that he achieved his heart’s desire.
Chaste to the Mission, Opening Address – Summer Tour Festival
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 5, 2010
Essence: “If we make the mission of our spiritual master as our priority, then that chastity will produce amazing results.”
Vyasa Puja Offering of His Holiness BB Govinda Maharaja to Srila Gurudeva
Speaker: His Holiness BB Govinda Maharaja
Where: Ukraine, May 16, 2010
Essence: “Everybody loves Srila Gurudeva because he is full of Krsna’s mercy. He has focused his whole life developing a loving relationship with Krsna.”
The Peace Formula – Public Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 12, 2010
Essence: “Our humble presentation is that peace will be achieved when we see what we have in common instead of our differences. Our differences are temporary because they are all based on temporary body but what we have in common is that we are eternal spirit souls – all part of the greater family of God.”
Please Never Leave Me Behind
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.6.1
Where: Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, April 30, 2010
Essence: “The Holy name is most merciful in the situation where we are sharing it with others. That is the sublimity of devotional service. If we can all be in this sharing mood as brahmacaris, grhasthas, vanaprasthas or sannyasis – the combined effort will be very powerful.”
Monarch Butterflies – Initiation Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Dallas, USA, March 9, 2010
Essence: “The beauty of spiritual initiation is that it rejuvenates the senses to serve Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas.”
Phoenix Rising
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 9.4.31-40
Where: Dallas, USA, March 9, 2010
Essence: “Even if one is born in a low-class family, if he is determined and willing to be trained by a bona fide spiritual master, he can become a brahmana – or even higher – a Vaisnava.”